01 August 2018 - Daily Current Affairs

1. Gopal Krishna Gandhi to get Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award 2018

The 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award will be given to former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi for his outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony.

This year award will be presented to Mr. Gandhi at a special ceremony on 20th August 2018 in the auditorium of Jawahar Bhawan, New Delhi.

The award carries a citation and a cash award of Rs. 10 lakhs.

Note: The Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party (INC), in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Obituaries

4. Veteran Bengali writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away

Chowdhury's novel ‘Abhimanyu’ was based on the life and work of Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay who created India's first and the world's second test-tube baby in 1978.

National Appointments

5. Renu Satti resigns as Paytm Payments Bank CEO

The Paytm Payments Bank CEO (Chief executive officer) Renu Satti has resigned from the role and will now head Paytm's new retail initiative.

Under its 'New Retail' model, consumers will be able to discover nearby pharmacies, groceries and other shops to place an order and get instant deliveries.

Earlier, Satti has built businesses ground up that include the marketplace, movie ticketing and most recently Paytm Payments Bank.

Renu had taken over as the CEO of the Paytm Bank in May 2017.

National Affairs

6. Digital payments market in India set to touch one trillion dollars in the next 5 years

According to Niti Aayog’s principal adviser, 'Ratan P Watal', the digital payments market in India is set to become a trillion-dollar industry in the next five years.

It will be led by growth in mobile payments which are slated to rise to 190 billion dollars by 2023 from 10 billion dollars (in 2017-18) to USD 190 billion by 2023.

This will present huge business opportunities for players in the digital space.

7. Health Ministry signs MoU to facilitate access of AB-NHPM to the last mile

The Union Health Ministry (J P Nadda) has signed a MoU with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Ravi Shankar Prasad) to facilitate access of Ayushman Bharat-NHPM to the last mile.

The National Health Agency (NHA) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Common Service Centres (CSC) scheme under the Digital India Programme, have inked an MoU to provide information and eligibility validation services to beneficiaries.

National Health Agency (NHA) is the apex body for the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).

The identity and registrations of beneficiaries would be done through CSCs.

11. Jaipur’s Walled City proposed for UNESCO World Heritage

The Walled City of Jaipur (Rajasthan) has been proposed for World Heritage.

As per UNESCO's Operation Guidelines 2017, only one site can be nominated each year.

At Present, there are total 37 World Heritage sites in the country.

Note:

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

The sites are judged important to the collective interests of humanity.